Model Test 1

Model Test 1

TIME

LIMIT:

135

MIN

Part

Ⅰ

DICTATION(15 MIN)

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.

During

the

first

reading,

which

will

be

done

at

normal

speed,

listen

and

try

to

understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read

sentence

by

sentence,

or

phrase

by

phrase,

with

intervals

of

15

seconds.

The

last

reading

will

be

done

at

normal

speed

again

and

during

this

time

you

should

check

your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

Part

Ⅱ

LISTENING COMPREHENSION(20 MIN)

In

Sections

A,B

and

C

you

will

hear

everything

ONCE

ONLKY.

Listen

carefully

and

then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on

your answer sheet.

SECTION A

CONVERSATIONS

In

this

section

you

will

hear

several

conversations.

Listen

to

the

conversations

carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions

1

to

3

are

based

on

the

following

conversation.

At

the

end

of

the

conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the

conversation.

1.

The conversation tells us that_________.

A.

the man has never been to the library before, so he asks the librarian for help

B.

it isn’t the first time for the man to ask the librarian to recommend books to

him

C.

the librarian is so kind-hearted as to recommend books to each subscriber

D.

the man and woman know each other very well

2.

The man shows interest in the following EXCEPT_______.

A. poetry

B. fiction

C. biography

D. history

3.

How many books can the man borrow at a time?

A. Five

B. Four

.

C. Three.

D. Two

Questions

4

to

7

are

based

on

the

following

conversation.

At

the

end

of

the

conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the

conversation.

4. Where did the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a cafeteria.

B. In a library.

C. In a factory.

D. In a school.

5. Why does the woman want to borrow the man’s notes?

A. Because she missed many classes.

B. Because she had to work in a coffee shop downtown.

C. Because she was too tired to take notes.

D. Because she simply couldn’t follow what Professor Smith said.

6. What does the man suggest to the woman?

A. They go to the cafeteria and review the notes.

B. He couldn’t take notes for her

.

C. He could elbow her to keep her awake.

D. They study together

.

7. What do they think of Professor Smith’s classes?

A. Interesting.

B. Difficult.

C. Helpful.

D. Boring.

Question

8

to10

are

based

on

the

following

conversation.

At

the

end

of

the

conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the

conversation.

8. Why does the woman phone Jack?

A. To invite him to a cookout.

B. To ask if she can borrow his car

.

C. To tell him about a trip she took.

D. To convince him to go on a canoe trip.

9. What should the man bring with himself?

A. Food

B. A sleeping bag

C. A canoe

D. A tent

10. Why will the woman give Jack another call later?

A. Because she will tell him what time they are leaving.

B. Because she will ask him whether his car is available.

C. Because she will find out what kind of food he is bringing.

D. Because she will find out whether he wants to go canoeing.

SECTION B

PASSAGES

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

several

passages.

Listen

to

the

passages

carefully

and

then answer the questions that follow.

Questions

11

to

14

are

based

on

the

following

passage.

At

the

end

of

the

passage,

you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.

11. Where is this passage most probably taking place?

A. In a theater

B. In a sitting-room

C. In a classroom

D. In a library

12. What is the trip about?

A. A trip on business.

B. A trip for fun.

C. A field trip.

D. A trip for great scenic views.

13. According to the schedule, the trip will take the students _______ hours.

A. 6

B. 7

C. 8

D. 9

14. What is NOT included in the speaker

’

s suggestion?

A. Be on time.

B. Bring your lunch.

C. Bring warm clothes.

D. Bring your handouts.

Questions

15

to 17

are

based

on

the

following

passage.

At

the end

of

the

passage,

you will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the passage.

15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. How John Milton Wrote Paradise Lost.

B. How John Milton Become a Poet.

C. How John Milton Studied Latin.

D. How John Milton Become Famous.

16. Which of the following is TURE of John Milton

’

pronunciation of Latin?

A. It had a strange accent.

B. It was difficult to understand.

C. It had a strange Italian accent.

D. It was easy to understand.

17. What kind of man would you say John Milton was?

A. He was well-known in the world.

B. He was very strange.

C. He was clever and hard working.

D. He was quick at Latin and poems.

Questions

18

to

20

are

based

on

the

following

passage.

At

the

end

of

passage,

you

will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.

18. What happened in London a few months ago?

A. One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed.

B. The heart of London was flooded.

C. An emergency exercise was conducted.

D. 100 people in the suburbs were drowned.

19. What measure was taken against bloods in London in 1980s?

A. 50 underground stations were made waterproof.

B. A flood wall was built.

C. An alarm system was set up.

D. Rescue teams were formed.

20. What can we learn from the lady

’

s comment?

A. Most Londoners were frightened.

B. Most Londoners become rather confused.

C. Most Londoners took Exercise Floodcall calmly.

D. Most Londoners complained about the trouble caused by Exercise Floodcall

SECTION C

NEWS BROADCAST

In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and answer

the questions that follow.

Questions

21

to

22

are

based

on

the following

news.

At

the

end

of

the

news items,

you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.

21. Mr

. Warren Christopher_______.

A. believes there is hope for peace

B. will report to the UN on Thursday

C. will hold more talks before leaving the region

D. is not sure that the peace process will succeed

22. With whom did Christopher NOT meet?

A. The Syrian President.

B. The PLO leader

.

C. The Jordanian President.

D. The Israeli Prime Minister

.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you

will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.

23. The aim of the agreement is to_______.

A. encourage trade in the region

B. crack down on drug smuggling

C. save the declining fishing industry

D.

strengthen

cross-boarder

police

presence

24. Which group of people is now taking advantages of the agreement?

A. Canadian police

B. Businessmen.

C. Drug traffickers.

D. Customs officers.

25. The percentage of cocaine brought through the coast has increased by______.

A. 10%

B. 50%

C. 60%

D. 70%

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you

will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.

26. Who sponsored the conference on population?

A. Cairo.

B. The United Nations

C. The World Bank.

D. The World Health Organization.

27. The current rate of annual increase in the world population is about________.

A. 9 million

B. 5.7 million

C. 90 million

D. 20 million

28. Which of the following concerning the document is NOT true?

A. The document will cover the next two decades.

B. The document will win support from the delegates.

C. The document will serve as a guideline.

D. The document will be completed after the conference.

Questions 29 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you

will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.

29. When did the latest bomb explosion take place?

A. It took place just one hour after two other bombings.

B. It took place on Thursday.

C. It took place on Tuesday when the train was entering a station.

D. It took place on Tuesday when the train was leaving a station.

30. What was the result of the earlier two other bombings in Pakistan?

A. Nobody died or was injured.

B. At least six people died.

C. Forty-eight people were injured.

D. Both B and C.

PART

Ⅲ

CLOZE(15 MIN)

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted

in

the

corresponding

blanks.

Mark

the

best

choice

for

each

blank

on

your

answer

sheet.

It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original and

dynamic

contribution

toward

theater.

In

the

last

quarter

of

a

century,

America

has

produced large 31 of musical plays that have been popular abroad

32 at home.33, it

is

very

difficult

to

explain

34

is

new

or

35

American

about

them,

for

the

36

are

centuries old.

Perhaps

the

uniqueness

of

Americ

a’s

contribution

to

the

37

can

best

be

characterized

through

brief

descriptions

of

several

of

the

most

important

and

best-known musicals. One of these is surely

Oklahoma

by Richard Rogers and Oscar

Hammerstein. It burst 38 popularity in 1943. Broadway audience and critics were 39

by

its

40

,

vitality

and

excitement.

This

“new”

type

of

musical

was

41 as

kind

of

42

theater

in

which

the

play,

the

music

and

lyrics,

the

dancing,

and

the

scenic

background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and

43, but to 44

in a single unifying whole to contribute

to its unique feature.

45, it

meant

that

the

songs and dances should 46 naturally out of the situations of the story and play an

important part in carrying the action

47. In

Oklahoma

, an American folk-dance style

was

organically combined

with

classical

ballet

and

modern

dance.

It

is

right

to

say

that

the

musical

was

a

brilliantly

integrated

performance

by

the

talented

dancers

and singing actors.

Oklahoma

also

marked

a

new

48

in

the

choice

of story

on

which

a

musical

is

based.

Writers

and

composers

began

to

abandon

the

sentimentally

picturesque

or

aristocratic

setting

49

more

realistic

stories

in

authentic

social

and

cultural

50.

Oklahoma

was based on a “folk” whose story dealt not only with young love but al

so

with the opening of the American West.

31.

?

A. number

B. amount

32.

?

A. better than

B. instead of

33.

?

A. Therefore

B. Yet

34.

?

A. which

B. that

35.

?

A. characteristically B. particularly

C. quantity

C. as well as

C. Moreover

C. what

C. mainly

D. numbers

D. rather than

D. Thus

D. how

D. exactly

36.

?

A. factors

37.

?

A. trait

38.

?

A. with

39.

?

A. struck

40.

?

A. vivacity

41.

?

A. conceived

42.

?

A. special

43.

?

A. variety

44.

?

A. mix

45.

?

A. In other words

C. On the contrary

46.

?

A. arise

47.

?

A. out

48.

?

A. direction

49.

?

A. for

50.

?

A. circumstances

B. ingredients

B. feature

B. into

B. touched

B. originality

B. thought

B. peculiar

B . amusement

B . join

B. derive

B. on

B. way

B. with

B. context

C. composers

D. facts

C. genre

D. style

C. out into

D. in

C . moved

D . hit

C. creativity

D. dynamic

C . believed

D. perceived

C. gross

D. total

C. sundries

D. fun

C . put

D. share

B. To sum up

D. Generally speaking

C. raise

D. originate

C. forward

D. through

C. method

D. epoch

C. without

D. except

C. situation

D. surroundings

PART

Ⅳ

GRAMMER & VOCABULARY(15 MIN)

There

are

thirty

sentences

in

this

section.

Beneath

each

sentence

there

are

four

words

or

phrases

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

one

word

or

phrase

that

best

completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

51. The top leader is no longer the wise and sensible man ________he was.

A. who

B. whom

C. which

D. that

52.

_______can

be

judged

from

his

physical

appearance,

he

is

very

strong

and

healthy.

A

.

Which

B. That

C. It

D. As

53. The Chinese film superstar once said that he ______remembered as a common

person than as a celebrity.

A. would rather have been

B. would rather be

C. would rather to have been

D. would rather to be

54.

Just

as

the

veteran

worker

is

skilled

in

the

handling

of

machine,

______the

experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.

A. as

B. so

C. thus

D. like

55. Honestly, I

’

d sooner you ______a good review yesterday foe the coming test.

A. had done

B. did

C. could do

D. would do

56. I

’

m pleased with what you

’

ve given me and ______you

’

ve done for me.

A. that

B. which

C. all that

D. all what

57. ______my sister

’

s help we would not have finished the work.

A. If only

B. Expect for

C. Now that

D. But for

58.

Hundreds

of

people

are

packed

tightly

in

train,

the

men

’

faces

______in

their

evening papers, while the women trying in vain to knit.

A. burying

B. buried

C. to bury

D. being buried

59. It

’

s the first time that he has been to the United States, ______?

A. isn

’

t he

B. isn

’

t it

C. hasn

’

t he

D. hasn

’

t it

60. Not until an infant hedgehog opens its eyes ______its nest to follow

its mother

about.

A. it leaves

B. and leaves

C. leaving

D. does it leave

61. ______his death in 1886, the poet had become a legend in his hometown.

A. It was before

B. Before long

C. When long before

D. Long before

62. Water is to fish ______air is to men.

A. that

B. so

C. what

D. so does

63. Therefore I think we must, ______, resort to more extreme measures.

A. so as to say

B. so to say

C. so much to say

D. so being said

64. ______today, he would get there by Saturday.

A. Was he leaving

B. Would he leave

C. If he leaves

D. Were he to leave

65.

With

the

introduction

of

the

electronic

computer,

there

is

no

complicated

problem ______can be solved in a few hours.

A. but

B. which

C. that

D. what

66. The two countries will be obliged to ______of these chemical weapons under the

convention.

A. impose

B. disclose

C. dispose

D. depose

67. The girl was so _____that they could fool her easily.

A. incredible

B. credible

C. credulous

D. creditable

68. In the Christian religion, the unlucky number 13 ______back to

the Last Supper

.

A. tracks

B. traces

C. dates

D. tails

69. The athlete has ______a contract to play abroad.

A. assigned

B. signed

C. registered

D. consigned

70. After he returned to Britain, he was _____with a free trip to the United Stated.

A. awarded

B rewarded

C. warded

D. safeguarded

71. The basic difference between Americans and Canadians _____in their definition

of the individual in society.

A. lays

B. lies

C. locates

D. perches

72.

When

we

are

reading,

the important

thing

is

to

______

the

essential

meaning,

not to learn every single word.

A. clasp

B. grab

C. grasp

D. grapple

73. He applied for a(n)______position in a company.

A. empty

B. vacant

C. vacuum

D. margin

74. When moisture on the skin ______, it draws heat out of the body.

A. evaporates

B. dilutes

C. diffuses

D. dissipates

75. He has every thing he wants; he is a(n)______young man.

A. admiring

B. jealous

C. enviable

D. envious

76.

Developing

countries

should

adopt

labor-intensive

technologies

to

_____their

comparative advantage of abundant labor.

A. use

B. exploit

C. employ

D. explore